Hours. The Committee Meets today to receive testimony from the Government Accountability office that serves the secretary, the Service Chiefs on the current condition of privatized military housing. Almost a year ago, i first heard from military families about the abysmal conditions they faced, and frankly, a confession is good for the, soul of this was janet driver who called this to my attention from Tinker Air Force base and i thought this was something that was unique to Tinker Air Force base but its also in oklahoma and its also all the way around the country. And so that was the background of how this all started. Weve come to learn that its it is a problem nationwide. Its a National Crisis of proportions we havent seen since the scandal at walter reed about a decade ago. Members of this committee, our staff and myself, weve all traveled and seen these problems firsthand. This is the third hearing this committee has had on this issue and im sure its not going to be the last. We h
Are gutsy not only because they want to achieve something but because they want to pave the way for others who are going to come behind. Background sounds. Please welcome the 17th president of the George Washington University Thomas locke. [applause] sued a im going evening everyone and welcome to the George Washington university. I am pleased to you to tonight his if it. Presented in partnership with politics and prose bookstore and the second in the George Washington university his president ial extinguish if it series. We want to series last semester to give our students the opportunity to hear from renowned leaders. Individuals who bring them eliminating dialogue insight and inspirations to our campus. Tonight is an honor to host secretary Hillary Rodham clinton and Chelsea Clinton. Our campus. [applause] is i greeted secretary clinton on arrival i remind her that i traded trace the arc of my career with hers. A being at the university of rochester, i welcomed her to our campus. I
[high hopes plays] thank you for your support. Thank you to all of you for taking the time to join this conversation at a time that could not be more crucial for this country. President running for as a thirtysomething mayor is not a professional move. It isason i am doing because of the moment we are living in. Headlines, we may be under reacting to the seriousness of the moment we live in. That right now, the pace of change in our economy and politics is accelerating and if we dont get on top of that, we are not on top of the conditions that made the president we are living with now even possible. [applause] mr. Buttigieg a president like the one we have now does not get within cheating distance of the oval office unless something is wrong across the land. I am convinced we need to ground our politics and our deepest values. Spell that break the has had some americans believing the word values is a word that should only be associated with one political party. These are not conservati
It is great to be with somebody who gets the value of National Service. Thank you to all of you for taking the time to join this conversation at a time that could not be more crucial for this country. I get that running for president as a thirtysomething mayor is not a conventional political or professional move. The reason i am doing it is because of the moment we are living in. As we read the headlines, we may be under reacting to the seriousness of the moment we live in. That right now, the pace of change in our economy and politics is accelerating and if we dont get on top of that, we are not on top of the conditions that made the president we are living with now even possible. [applause] mr. Buttigieg a president like the one we have now does not get within cheating distance of the oval office unless something is wrong across the land. We have to speak to that if we want to win. In order to do that, i am convinced we need to ground our politics and our deepest values. I am out to
[applause] [high hopes plays] thank you for your support. Thank you to all of you for taking the time to join this conversation at a time that could not be more crucial for this country. President running for as a thirtysomething mayor is not a professional move. It isason i am doing because of the moment we are living in. Headlines, we may be under reacting to the seriousness of the moment we live in. That right now, the pace of change in our economy and politics is accelerating and if we dont get on top of that, we are not on top of the conditions that made the president we are living with now even possible. [applause] mr. Buttigieg a president like the one we have now does not get within cheating distance of the oval office unless something is wrong across the land. I am convinced we need to ground our politics and our deepest values. Spell that break the has had some americans believing the word values is a word that should only be associated with one political party. These are not